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Species

Brachycrotaphus buettneri Karsch, 1896

Brachycrotaphus buettneri Karsch, 1896: Page 261, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
Brachycrotaphus buettneri Karsch, 1896: Page 261, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1502263; bbe987fb-ccf7-409e-8cde-313fadfdd591: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502263; bbe987fb-ccf7-409e-8cde-313fadfdd591: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502263; bbe987fb-ccf7-409e-8cde-313fadfdd591: male, ventral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502263; bbe987fb-ccf7-409e-8cde-313fadfdd591: male, frontal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502263; bbe987fb-ccf7-409e-8cde-313fadfdd591: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502264; 02807024-7201-4abe-bca8-44302d978505: female, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502264; 02807024-7201-4abe-bca8-44302d978505: female, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502264; 02807024-7201-4abe-bca8-44302d978505: female, ventral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502264; 02807024-7201-4abe-bca8-44302d978505: female, frontal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502264; 02807024-7201-4abe-bca8-44302d978505: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (15)

  • Brachycrotaphus buettneri Karsch, 1896: 261.
  • Brachycrotaphus büttneri [sic] Karsch, 1896: 261. (not Latin)

    Holotype; male; 5dcaf39c-77bd-483c-aef7-8da7785015bd; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Togo: Centre: Bismarcksburg

  • Brachycrotaphus buettneri Karsch, 1896 in Massa, 2018: 39.
  • Brachycrotaphus buttneri [sic] Karsch, 1896 (misspelling of Brachycrotaphus buettneri Karsch, 1896)

References (12)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1963) La Réserve Naturelle Intégrale du Mont Nimba Vl Orthoptera Acridoidea (Second contribution). Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 66, 207–220.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1964) Acridoidea. Exploration du Parc National de la Garamba, 44(3), 49–96.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Jago, N.D. (1968) A checklist of the grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) recorded from Ghana, with biological notes and extracts from the recent literature. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 94, 209–353.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Massa, B. (2018) Orthoptera collected during the expedition "Ethiopia, 100 years after Vittorio Bottego" and preserved in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G. Doria" of Genoa. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 111, 24–42.
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • Roy, R. (2003) Les Acridiens du Nimba et de sa région. Memoirs du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelle Série. Série A. Zoologie, 190, 311–391. Available at http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/abrev/Acridi.pdf
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1932) A revision of the genus Brachycrotaphus Krauss (Orth. Acrid.). In Société Entomologique de France. Livre du Centenaire. 285–300 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after the German botanist and explorer Richard Büttner (1858–1927) who collected the type specimens.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045